Carpet-fastener



No. 6l8,223. Patented Jan. 24, I899. J. L. FRY.

CARPET FASTENEB.

(Application filed Jan. 3, man (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. FRY, OF CANTON, OHIO.

CARPET-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,223, dated January24, 1899.

Application filed January 3, 1898. Serial No. 66531 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. FRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Fasteners; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a view showin g the fastenerapplied to use. Fig. 2 is a view showing a portion of one of thefastener-sections. Fig. 3 is aview showing a portion of the floor andillustrating the retaining-pins placed in proper position. Fig. at is atransverse section of the carpet -fastener, showing the same placed upona retaining-pin. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the position of one ofthe carpet-retaining hooks.

The present invention has relation to carpet-fasteners; and it consistsin the different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Similar numbers of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the retaining-pins, which areconnected or secured to the floor-boards in any convenient andwell-known manner and are located at intervals along the sides and endsof the floor proper and may be any desired distance apart and are forthe purpose of holding in proper position the bars 2, which bars aresubstantially of the form shown in the drawings and are located at theangle of the floor and base-board and are to take the place of the usualquarter-round strips located at the place above mentioned.

The bars 2 are provided with the metal plates 3, which metal plates arelocated upon the bottom or under sides of the strips 2, as illustratedin the drawings, and are each provided with the aperture 4, whichaperture is formed of a size to correspond substantially with the sizeof the pins 1, except that the aperture 4 should be formed of such asize that the pins will be easily entered into the apertures at.

For the purpose hereinafter described the bars 2 directly above theplates 3 are provided with the enlarged openings or chambers 5, and intowhich chambers the top or upper ends of the pins 1 enter, as illustratedin Fig. 4. To the bottom or under sides of the bars 2 are attached thecarpet-hooks 6, which carpet-hooks are located and arrangedsubstantially as shown in Fig. 2, and as shown they are located atintervals and are for the purpose of engaging the carpet designed to beheld to the floor. In use the hooks 6 are connected to the edge of thecarpet, after which the bars 2 are placed upon the pins 1, asillustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, by which arrangement the carpet will beheld in a fixed position.

For the purpose of causing the top or upper corner 7 to come in closecontact with the base-board 8 the openings 5 are provided, by whicharrangement the pull of the carpet will cause the bar or bars 2 to betilted, thereby bringing the top or upper corner snugly against thebase-board.

For the purpose of allowing the bars 2 to be tilted they are formed morethan a quarter round, or, in other words, the angle of the faces shouldbe an obtuse one. By placing the pins 1 as shown and providing thechambers or recesses 5' in the bars and directly above the plates 3 thebars can be tilted forward after the hooks are connected to the carpet,and when said bars are brought into their normal positions the upperback edges of the bars will strike the washboard, by which arrangementthe bars will be held in place.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the pins 1 secured to the floor, the bars 2 providedwith the plates 3 having apertures of a diameter correspondingsubstantially with the diameter of the pins, the chambers or recesses 5located in the bars 2 and above the plates 3 and of larger diameter thanthe diameter of the apertures in the plates, and hooks secured to thebars at their bottom or under sides, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN L. FRY.

Witnesses:

F. W. BOND, B. M. Finds.

